monkey pot
Definition of monkey pot
1a : a large woody urn-shaped operculate fruit characteristic of the sapucaias and various closely related trees (as the manbarklaks) b : sapucaia; also : manbarklak
2 : a pot used in glassmaking; specifically : any of several round-topped oval cylinders enclosed in firebrick arches at the base of a chimney and used as melting pots in making of flint glass
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